Artistic research is an emerging branch of research in the arts, which operates in and through artistic practices. Jazz researchers have emphasized the need for an independent, international network to develop the field. This symposium inaugurates the network, provides opportunities for discussions and offers a range of presentations by experienced and emerging artist scholars on a variety of relevant themes and topics.

Dr. Mag.Art. Michael Kahr (MMus.), born in 1975 in Bruck/Mur, is an Austrian pianist, composer, arranger and researcher, working in the arts-based research / research-based arts area. He lives in Vienna with his wife and little daughter.